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EMC May Get New De-Dupe, Clustering

Posted by Mary Jander on March 19, 2008

Tags: Content Management,  Infrastructure,  Other

Channel: Content Management, Data Center, Other

EMC is reaching out for help in the areas of de-duplication and enterprise file serving, according to industry reports.

In a note to clients yesterday, analyst Thomas Curlin of RBC Capital Markets wrote that his sources expect EMC to shortly announce an OEM partnership with Quantum.

"We suspect this is a move by EMC to compete more effectively versus Data Domain," Curlin wrote.

Rumors of an EMC/Quantum deal have been circling for weeks. A Quantum SEC filing in January notes the following: "On January 25, 2008, Quantum entered into an agreement with a major OEM, under which the OEM will license Quantum's DXi-Series data de-duplication and replication enterprise software to deliver its own solution. Under the terms of the agreement, Quantum cannot provide further details at this time."